Sport shirts



June 23, 1964 B. BINDLER 3,137,860

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B. BINDLER SPORT SHIRTS June 23, 1964 Filed July 25, 1961 INVE 8 EN B IN ATTJR/VEY United States Patent 3,137,860 SPORT SHIRTS en Bit-idler,Long Beach, N.Y., assignor to .l. Freezer 8.: Son, Inc, New York, N.Y.,a corporation of New York Filed July 25, 1961, Ser. No. 126,713 1 Claim.(Cl. 2115) This invention relates to the garment art and particularlyconcerns an improved shirt or blouse for sports wear.

One of the principal difliculties and disadvantages of conventionalshirts and blouses, particularly those used by women, when playing golf,bowling and other sports, is that the shirt or blouse pulls out of theskirt or slacks during arm movements of the wearer.

Various expedients have been proposed to remedy this undesirablesituation, such as providingelongated bottom tails, use of fasteners,etc. The provision of elongated tails only partially solves the problem.Pulling of the shirt or blouse is not prevented, although the shirtremains held at the end in the skirt or slacks. The shirt then hangsuntidily and loosely and the wearer is required to refit the shirt bytucking the tails into the skirt or slacks. Provision of fasteningelements such as pins and snap fasteners has not solved the problem andhas proven undesirable since free body and arm movements are restricted.

The present invention is directed at solving the above and otherdifliculties and disadvantages and has as a principal object provisionin a sport shirt of elastic panels or bands at areas subjected togreatest pull and strain during use.

Another object is to provide a sport shirt with elastic panels atopposite sides around the arms where they join the shirt bodies.

A further object is to provide a sport shirt with elastic panels orbands at opposite sides and at the rear on the shoulders.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a sport shirt embodying theinvention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the shirt of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of FIG. 1.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are front and rear elevational views of another sportshirt according to the invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 66 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view of still another sport shirt.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of FIG. 7.

Referring to FIGS. 1-3, there is shown a shirt or blouse 10 having abody 12 open at the front and closed by buttons 14 engaged inbuttonholes 16. The shirt has sleeves 18, 19 joined to two endlesselastic bands 20, 21, made of knitted fabric. The elastic bands orpanels are set into armholes 23, 24 of the body of the shirt. The edges25 of the armholes and edges 26 of the sleeves are folded under andsecured by stitching 28, 30 to the edges 31, 33 of the elastic bands asclearly shown in FIG. 3.

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The elastic bands may be elastic transversely, longitudinally, on thebias, or in any one or more directions as desired. In use, the elasticbands will yield when the wearer swings his or her arms inserted in thesleeves. The bottom end 34 of the shirt will be tucked into the top of askirt, slacks, trousers or shorts. This bottom end 34 will not be pulledout of anchoring garment as the wearer swings his arms, contrary to whathas been experienced with conventional shirts and blouses not providedwith the elastic bands or panels 26, 21.

FIGS. 4-6 illustrate a form of the invention in which endless elasticbands or panels 20*, 21 have integrally knitted extensions 20 and 21which extend longitudinally downward at opposite sides of the shirt 10.This shirt has a body 12 formed with rear clutch panel 35 and two frontpanels 38, 39 joined at their edges 40, 41 and 42, 43 to the elasticpanels 20 21 and their extensions 29*, 21 by stitching 46-49. The shirthas short sleeves 18 19 joined to panels 20 21.

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate another form of the invention in which shirt18* has further elastic bands or panels 58, 52 set into panel 3'5 at therear over the shoulders of the wearer. Panels 50, 52 are curved anddisposed parallel to and spaced from the rear portions of elastic panels20 21* by body sections 51. These further panels 50, 52 allow for veryextensive arm and shoulder movements without pulling up the end 34 ofshirt. The panels 58, 52 serve as supplemental elastic members tostretch after the panels 20*, 21 have already stretched to their limitor to share stretching with them.

The invention provides an attractive, elastic structure integrallyembodied in the garment to adapt it to use and wear in sports activitiessuch as bowling, golf, baseball, softball, tennis and the like.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may made within the scope of the invention as defined inthe appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

A sport shirt construction, comprising front and rear fabric panels,said panels having edge portions defining, sleeve holes near one endthereof, a pair of endless elastic bands secured at one edge thereof tothe sleeve hole defining edge portions each of said bands having anelongated integral elastic extension, said front and rear panels havinglateral edges secured to opposite edges of said extensions, saidextensions extending to the other end of said front and rear panels,sleeves secured to outer edges of said bands, and further elastic bandsinset in said rear panel closely spaced from and extending parallel toportions of said endless bands.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,177,952 Inman Apr. 4, 1916 1,483,635 Horak Feb. 12, 1924 2,836,826Geiss June 3, 1958 2,839,756 Geiss June 24, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS1,064,240 France Dec. 23, 1953 855,532 Germany Nov. 13, 1952

